Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-11-19
Conc, ..lon orEx II eael,or's netter.

One of thpm is. so H.. says, a feeling o
reverence for old JOHN Brown. Til.
IS OH. Of the most stnroNdnnS false
hoods that, was ever connected in the
brain of an imbecile and circulated by ;
knave to injure Elk T. He never die
and henever expects to teach snch ;
sentiment. He was HON and reared il
the eastern part If Virginia. and. from
his childhood down to the present day
his svmpatllies Lave BIZ n southern. anf
Il special devotion does he feel for Vir
ginla. His father was slave owner
holding between fifteen anl twenty Ne
groeS. He was rea ed in contact will
slavery AMI he knows what it WIS. Is
it reasonable that Elk L Sl:oull teach s;
reverence for old John Brown whel
his avowe,I purpose was tn liherate thr
slaves, even Ivy the murder of their mas.
tiers? 1t seems to Elk I that no one
INT fool could believe such. if hrkncw
the facts Ex T has given. And yet sucl
is one of the claptrap complaints manu-,
featured to injure Eek 7 before tie schon
trustees. What gross injustice is
done here!
CO complains that Tx T taught that
the South fought for dollars and cents
and the North fought fnr principle. >
He pronounces this an infamous false.
hood. black rs the ht;lr OF him that
started it,and foul rs The / ngne of him
that circulatrs it. Elk T never dill and
never expects to teach such a senti-
ment. He will now tell 'C' what the
South fought for-.C' may not know:
The South fought for the principle Of
secession, tor slavery. for constitutional
government Err their alt;lss and their
fressides, to rppela ruthless invader from
their soil. What Il claptrlp complaint
That WAS ia carry before a school hOar'l
70 injnre Elk L! W!nlt gross Injustice
was done liere
Elk 7 was a Confederate soldier from
July, 1851, until the Sth Of April. 1855
when he was captured by the enemy
during Gen. r. K. Lees retreat. He
was hardly more than Il boy when he
volunteered IN defense of the Lost
Cause. Wien lcClellan advanced Wmn
! Yorktown, Elk L WAS IN the front. and
fought the enemy around Richmond; he
was in front. and fought the enemy at
Fredericksburg. Where was SCI. thenp
was lie Il hostler or bOotblack at Gen.
ptauregard's Iieadq,It ;er>! or was he
sitting in acliimneY corner? Elk L WAS
IN The front at the battle of S!larpSburg,
!'r WAS in front at Charlottesville and
fought the enemy; he was in the front
during Pickett's celebrated charge ut
GettyShurg.anG fought the enemy-here
tx L was severely wounded. Where
WAS 'C' then? WAS he lio>tler or boot
black at Gen. l'ealregard'S hcadQuar-
terS? or was he sitting in chimney
corner? Elk L met and fought tile enc
my ut Chattanooga and ut Knoxville in
Tennessee, he WAS in the front ut Spotts-
sylvania and fought the enemy he fought
Tie enemy on the south side of James
river, he fought the enemy on Gel.
Lees retreat, and he was standing by
his gun. a piece of light artillery, ready
AMI willing to fire Wien Gen. Clusters
cavalry, with drawn swords and pistols,
rode upon him and Others all,l demand
ed surrender. Where WIS Co thenY
was he hostler or bootback at Gen.
lieauregard's hradqual tiers, OF w;!s lie
sitting in Il chimney corner?
Elk I mentions lieSe facts Incidental
ly 10 show his devotion to what The
South fought for-ani not dollars and
cents Eek I SAW rich fields wasted,
happy homes made ,lcsplaJe, sacred Ill
tarS turn down. AMI churches tur red
into horse stables Hfknnws what he
was fighting for,and when he now hears
The brIve Confederate soldier tell nj his
iMrdShi,.s, his sliilerinSS, and his dan.
gers, The heart of Tx I beats in symn,-
thy with him-even unto Tears. Elk L
will memti.pli just here that. when he re-
turned to his once happy home in April.
1865. lie had to look upon the fresh new
clay that marked the last resting place
of his fatlirr-a ruined mai 10y the war.
% NAV think tleSeS matters are for
eign to his charge. but they show where
Elk I was, what he is. and what liz will
always teach, if he ever teaches again.
But one or two more points in 'C's'
article Must not pass unnoticed. CO
makes mistake i'll saying every one
that du Sign WIS Il patron of tic school.
THEE meyer have been patrons of the
school. Some who did sign the petition
which he represents, now say they did
not understand the object of the nett.
lioll or they signed for a purpose not
expressed in the petition. But one of
Tie most astounding flcts lies III the
statement of tile clerk of the board to
the brother Of tile new principal that,
al necessary for the change wills to get
five or six signers. Just think What "A
is made Of petition! The
merest pretense, the flimsiest excl,st.
for. official actionl Five or six signers
TO control matter in which between
forty Or fifty patrons of Il school are in
terestrti! Does not gross injustice a,-
pear upon the very face of such Il peti
ton? Elk L knew nothing of the so.
c;Il!rd petition, AMI had no suspicion
That such undermining trlckery WIS 60.
Ing On until the morning on Which thu
trustees met 10 determine the question.
Tie renomStrance was .enpineered'
(C's' tern) by Elk I to whom gross in.
Justice had been done. and he was de-
lermin,d to give tile palrons All oppor-
lility 10 condemn;t wrong put upon
them without their knowledge and con-
sent.
Ex T denies that it was his intention
to set up Il little nrighborllMMl bum
Comb for political ends, and e $ weak
and miserable falSelood should be writ
len upon his mean face As plainly as it
is Impressed upon his tlecptful heart.
TX L is no politician. no office seeker.
and belongs to no political clique OF ring
To wrong and Cypress UthrrS.
In conclusion, Elk T would say to the
parent, if The teacher does wrong, or
teaches false doctrines 10 his children
us he thinks, lei the parent go TO the
teacher first and make his complaint,
and give the teacher an opportunity to
know his complaint That he may correct
it. if wroig exists, and not go and whis-
FER il in the ears Of trustees to injure
The teacher, Il reasonable and sensible
teacher is always willing and ready to
hear complaints ard correct wrungs III
his school as fur as he can. A star
chamber court is mean thing even in
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